We all want the luscious green yard but in this State it really is just a bunch of weeds. And when you don’t keep it cut the stick-tights take over. I usually have get the hint loud and clear when a long coat comes in with a few on them. Today it was insane!! Beyond SCREAMING that the yard needs tending to when your long coat AND your smooth coat come in covered from head to toe! YIKERS! Sorry guys!

Keep your fingers crossed everyone!!!

Tipsy and Duper did just that and released a ton of energy! Chasing each other, wresting and of course, building muscle too! Happy little dogs living the life!

They brought home Kiki and Huggy – Too very special dogs that are key to my program and have a special place in my heart. Up to Rhode Island they all traveled and the rest is history their family’s life forever too. Kids and grandkids in the human world blended with their new canine family. They eventually They eventually brought home Beamer who just so happens to be Georgie’s father!

The moment I mentioned that he was being retired, they immediately raised their hand and said he had to be thing new bestest buddy for his dad. Beamer was living with their daughter and grandkids! On their next family vacation to Florida they would bring him home with them to join the grand babies and Beamer. Hence, getting the snippity-snip was to get him ready for his new adventures.

Today they are all flying back home to Rhode Island. I AM SO EXCITED!! Their family grows and so does the warmth in my heart!!!

I fully intended for KC to live out every single day of her life on my couch! This is Tino’s mother! This is my very first Teddy daughter that changed my program forever! She is the sweetest, kindest and gentlest Chihuahua I have ever met let alone produced! She has loved the back of my couch since the day she was retired and I honestly thought that we would see her there for 10+ more years. That was until I had a conversation with Jen at a dogs show about her grandparents….

Jen’s grandparents had a poodle that they had unit the tender age of like 14!!! Unfortunately those 14 years were not all that pleasant. The poodle was a biter snd less than happy girl. All her grandmother wanted was a dog to sit on her lap ad let her be brushed. Simple request right? Yeah, not so simple when the poodle wanted nothing to do with being on someone’s lap let alone being brushed.

As a resident Chihuahua breeder, of course I was asked if I personally had a little one that was looking for a laugh a lap. Jen is close fiends with Renee and I was this first person with little dogs she could think of to ask. I didn’t have anyone I was actively looking to place. But then KC came to mind. Show would be perfect! Exactly what she described as needing. A total lap lover who could be brushed for hours in pure joy.

Sometimes our own wants need to be put aside for what’s best for our four-legged loved ones. KC would thrive as the only dog in a home where she could get all of the attention and love possible. My heart knew this was the right decision. So I drove over to the coast to bring her to her new forever lap loving family.

The bond was INSTANT! Not just for Jen and her mom but for Jen’s grandparents who fell instantly and fell hard! I am soooooo happy for everyone – mostly KC because he deserves every once of love she is getting She is a special girl that changed my life forever. And now she has changed theirs!!

But when we woke this morning to Milly panting up a storm so I knew they were coming today! To the whelping box we went AGAIN and Milly panted and paced and dug and then…. she whined.

She NEVER whines! Ever! She’s a silent whelper!!! And this was not her first time. We were waiting over 4 hours and still no puppy – Totally unlike her. I knew we had a problem! Off to Dr. Rodgers in Lakeland we were headed!!!!

The drive was rather uneventful – My co-pilot was a real trooper. Keeping herself calm and staying focused the the task at hand. I swear she knew I was on a mission helper – I could see it in her eyes!

Dr. Rodgers was amazing, AS ALWAYS and got her right into surgery. We had 6 puppies in there but the boy that was stuck didn’t make it. He was positioned across the birth canal, blocking the way for all of the others, hence…. no progress on the whelping and lots of whining!!!

We had five happy and healthy puppies in shades of black to blue. Two girls and three boys. Milly took right to them, even while coming to from her anesthesia! Man oh man is she an amazing mother!!! And we have ourselves a stunning litter of puppies!

As we drove home and I got them all settled I thought long and hard about this whole whelp watch. Two fulls days waiting for their dramatic arrival -Same way I come into the world! An entire week early for me though! So with that said, these puppies were being named after birthday cocktails! Decision made!!!

A natural mommy, Milly has this whole whelping thing down but dang is she ready to go! She like popped over night it seems! Any day now!!!

But I will tell you the feistiness of Georgie was definitely handed down to his daughter. Having Georgie and Tipsy together can be a bit exhausting at times. They NEVER stop!

Apparently. Cosmo has figured this all out and now makes the BACK of the chair his new spot! Smart boy!